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Nov 14, 2025
Dear students, faculty and staff:
Nov 14, 2025
The nomination period is now open!
Nov 13, 2025
To UIS Civil Service Employees: On behalf of the State Universities Civil Service Employee Advisory Committee, we are writing to invite you to participate in an important constituent survey. Your feedback is…
Nov 12, 2025
Kaplan is expanding outreach efforts to increase awareness of its Prepare for Illinois' Future Powered by Kaplan's All Access LicenseTM program across the UIS campus. The current focus is on engaging College of…
Oct 01, 2026
10.1.26 Dear Faculty and Staff, I would like to invite you to the 2026 Fall Employee Information Session at 3 p.m. Oct. 15 in Brookens Auditorium. During the session, you will hear from me and other UIS leaders about key campus updates and…
Chancellor Gooch
Janet L. Gooch, Ph.D.
Chancellor
Oct 08, 2026
October 2026 From Provost Schwab Colleagues, With the midpoint of the semester approaching and the first fall colors beginning to arrive, I’ve been thinking about how important it is to protect time for rest and self-care. I know this is a…
Brandon Schwab
Brandon Schwab, Ph.D.
Provost

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Employee Recognition

David Hecht
Nov 02, 2022
David Hecht named the UIS Employee of the Month for November 2022
David Hecht has been named the University of Illinois Springfield Employee of the Month for November 2022. He is the production manager for UIS Performing Arts Services. “While there are a lot of components to his…

Getting to Know You

Tammy Martin headshot.
Sep 11, 2024
Getting to know you: Tammy Martin
Tamara (Tammy) Martin is a clinical instructor in the College of Education. Can you give us a brief timeline of how your career led you to UIS? In K-12 education, I served as both a teacher and an administrator.…